BNamericas takes a look at the Latin American assets that could be sold following Pan American Silver's US$1.3bn takeover of Tahoe Resources, with mines in Peru and Bolivia ranking among the most likely candidates given higher production costs.

Canadian junior Defiance Silver is planning further exploration that could lead to significant resource growth at the San Acacio silver and Tepal gold-copper projects in Mexico, CEO Peter Hawley tells BNamericas.